by Sydney Smith on Sep 29, 2013
Sorry for Calling you a Prostitute, London’s Evening Standard Apologizes
The London Evening Standard apologized this week for wrongly saying a woman named Rachel Garley was a prostitute. The Standard's...
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by Sydney Smith on Sep 28, 2013
CNN Denies Fars News Agency’s Claims it Faked part of Iran’s Rouhani Interview
Iran's Fars News Agency accused CNN of making up some of its interview with Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, entertainment news...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 27, 2013
Mug Shot Isn’t Cory Booker, New Jersey’s WMGM-TV Misspelled Cory too
WMGM-TV NBC 40 in South Jersey included the wrong photo with a story on Cory Booker, Jim Romenesko reported last...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 26, 2013
‘All-Asian Mall’ Report Offensive, Australia’s Channel 9 Used ‘Asian’ Term 27 Times’
Australia's Channel Nine apologized recently for a Nov. 7, 2012 report titled "All-Asian Mall." Australian broadcast regulator ACMA called for...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 25, 2013
Navy Yard NRA Tweet Gets U Kansas Prof David Guth the Boot, Now On Leave
University of Kansas journalism associate professor David Guth was placed on "indefinite administrative leave" after a controversy surrounding his tweet...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 24, 2013
‘Covering Horror,’ NSA reporting at Media Ethics Conference, U of Central Oklahoma
The University of Central Oklahoma is hosting what appears to be a comprehensive conference on various issues related to media...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 23, 2013
Gory Front-Page Photo of Mall Attack, Kenya’s The Nation Apologizes, NY Daily News Runs Same Front Page Image [GRAPHIC]
Kenya's Daily Nation apologized for publishing a gory front-page photo from the Sept. 21 attack at Nairobi's Westgate Shopping Mall....
by Sydney Smith on Sep 21, 2013
How New York Times Got Putin Op-Ed and Why it Published it
New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan blogged Sept. 12 about Russian president Vladimir Putin's high-profile op-ed for the Times....
by Sydney Smith on Sep 20, 2013
UK Sunday Times Journalist Vindicated From Lance Armstrong Libel Claim
Lance Armstrong's admission to doping didn't just put his career as a cyclist in question -- it also forced him...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 19, 2013
Bloomberg New Standards Editor ‘Inside News’; Ombudsman, ‘Outside News’
Bloomberg L.P. has appointed its first standards editor and its first ombudsman. The company named former New York Times public...